McGrane is chief deputy to County Clerk Chris Rich, who announced recently that he’ll retire next year after eight years in office. If he wins, McGrane would follow in Rich’s footsteps. Rich served 13 years as chief deputy to Clerk J. David Navarro before ascending to elected office.

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The county clerk’s office has a long list of responsibilities. Its duties include managing all court filings and processes, conducting elections, overseeing county finances and budgets, recording property records, issuing marriage licenses and processing indigent assistance, among other clerical functions.

County officials credit Rich with helping modernize the systems for providing those services by pushing online processing of documents, payments, recordings and court filings.

The formal filing period for candidates for the May 2018 primary starts in late February.

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